The Commission launches the “European Sustainability Award”

Europe’s ‘City Finance Lab’ launches first call for ideas

The call – which runs until 20th July 2018 – seeks finance innovations that can scale up climate-relevant investment in Europe’s cities

European Green Capital and European Green Leaf Awards now open

The European Commission has launched its competition for the 2021 European Green Capital and 2020 European Green Leaf Award winning cities.

Register to EUROCITIES Environment Forum meeting: Low emission cities for cleaner air and climate mitigation - Tampere, Finland - 17-19 October 2018

The autumn EUROCITIES Environment forum will take place in Tampere, Finland from 17 to 19 October 2018. The focus will be on low emission cities for cleaner air and climate mitigation.

Open letter to European Energy Ministers by the political board of the European covenant of mayors

Ahead of the governance regulation final negotiation which will take place on 13th June, the political board of the European covenant of mayors has written an open letter to European Energy Ministers to for them to incorporate the needs of local and regional governments.

Consultation on EU Fostery Strategy open to local authorities until 15 June 2018

Until the 15 June 2018 local authorities can take part in the consultation on the EU Forestry Strategy.

Cities4Europe – Europe for citizens: call for citizens to have their say

This campaign, launched last month, wants people to help change the way politics is done in Europe by coming up with ideas for a better future and completing this sentence: 'My Europe in 2030 will be .....'

Espoo among the top seven in the international Intelligent Community Awards

Espoo is the only European city among the seven finalists of the international Intelligent Community Awards 2018. The winner will be announced at the ICF Global Summit in London on 4–6 June. The 2017 winner was Melbourne. The previous European winner was Eindhoven in 2011.

Have your say in the Global Covenant Reporting Framework

The GCoM has opened a public consultation period ending on June 15 2018, open to all Covenant cities and any other party to provide feedback on the recommended Common Reporting Framework.

Workshop 'The road to Urban Bio-economy: Barriers and Solutions to Closing the Loops of Bio-Resources', 28 May 2018, Brussels: all material available

On 28 May, EUROCITIES, together with the City of Oslo, the European Compost Network, Municipal Waste Europe and the Urban Agenda for the EU jointly organised a workshop in Brussels, at Norway House on the topic: 'The road to Urban Bio-economy: Barriers and Solutions to Closing the Loops of Bio-Resources'.